William K.L. Dickson
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a Scottish inventor and the Edison Manufacturing Company's official photographer. In 1889, he was assigned to turn the concept of a the proposed motion picture device, named the Kinetoscope, into a reality. The first working prototype was unveiled in May 1891 and the design of system was essentially finalised by the fall of 1892. The completed version of the Kinetoscope was officially unveiled at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences on 9 May 1893.
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
as SelfWilliam K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound...
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Dickson Greeting
as HimselfWilliam K.L. Dickson brings his hat from his one hand to the other and moves his head slightly,...
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Horse Shoeing
as HimselfOne of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in...
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Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
as HimselfA folk dance staged in the ruins of Pompeii. With the Arch of Tiberius in the near distance and...
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A Hand Shake
as uncreditedWilliam K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.
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General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
as HimselfWatched by crowds, Sir Redvers Buller, Lady Buller, the Mayor of Southampton and others walk...
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Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
as Man on left of pictureA British Mutoscope & Biograph production.
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